bethyy's reviews
21 reviews

Metamorphoses by Ovid

adventurous challenging fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The Shoemaker's Holiday by Thomas Dekker

funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Read this for my university course and winded up doing a presentation on it! The protagonist of Esperanza tells her emotional and relatablely confusing coming of age story as a young Mexican-American girl through a series of vignettes. Rich with metaphors, poetic language and refreshingly unique writing, this text encapsulates what it is to be a young girl growing up in a dangerous world. Such a clever way of interrogating deep themes through the voice of an innocent and naive child, giving the text a hopeful and inspiring or depressing and upsetting feel, depending on how you take it.

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Recommended and borrowed from a friend, she has good taste! This was such a great read. O’Donoghue’s writing style is crisp, satisfyingly sensory and extremely relatable. This tense, personal and raw tale of scandal and coming of age makes it up there as one of my favourite reads this year!

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Amazingly addictive, fast paced, plot twists at every corner and eerily dark tones. Heavily recommend to get out of a reading slump! 

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

informative reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0